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on the high speed in inner-city passenger rail program. i want to thank the members of this committee, the congress, and the obama administration for supporting a help the inner city passenger rail system and for supporting improved service with words and money. we are grateful for the investments from the american recovery and investment act which have provided more than $1.4 billion for illinois high- speed rail. these current investments in illinois high-speed passenger rail systems are already supporting thousands of jobs with much more on the way. we cannot do it without federal help. we need continued federal funding for high-speed rail to finish the job restarted and keep our promises to travelers and taxpayers. we ask that congress appropriate additional funds for state making these investments, including illinois in the midwest. neither illinois or the midwest would be the transportation hub of the nation that it is today and the state's diverse economic base would not exist as we know it. illinois was made the center of national
on the high speed in inner-city passenger rail program. i want to thank the members of this committee, the congress, and the obama administration for supporting a help the inner city passenger rail system and for supporting improved service with words and money. we are grateful for the investments from the american recovery and investment act which have provided more than $1.4 billion for illinois high- speed rail. these current investments in illinois high-speed passenger rail systems are...
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we have seen cutting-edge defenses protect israel, cities and rural areas. we have seen israel fight for and win a stop to rocket fire from gaza. but we've also seen the challenge of turning a ceasefire into a lasting calm; of helping palestinians committed to peace find a more constructive path to pursue it; of putting israel's peace with egypt on a stronger foundation; of making sure that iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon. and just yesterday, as you know, the united nations general assembly voted to grant the palestinian authority non-member observer state status, a step that will not bring us any closer to peace. when it comes to a region full of uncertainty, upheaval, revolution, this much is constant and clear -- america and israel are in it together. this is a friendship that comes naturally to us. americans honor israel as a homeland dreamed of for generations and finally achieved by pioneering men and women in my lifetime. we share bedrock beliefs in freedom, equality, democracy, and the right to live without fear. what threatens israel threate
we have seen cutting-edge defenses protect israel, cities and rural areas. we have seen israel fight for and win a stop to rocket fire from gaza. but we've also seen the challenge of turning a ceasefire into a lasting calm; of helping palestinians committed to peace find a more constructive path to pursue it; of putting israel's peace with egypt on a stronger foundation; of making sure that iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon. and just yesterday, as you know, the united nations general...
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i want to make sure that the resources are there to make sure it does not happen again. >> the city is tied up in knots over the so-called fiscal cliff. what are the foreign policy implications? >> one of the things i always find in congress is the minute we have budgetary restrictions -- before we even knew the word cliff with regard to this -- makes great rhetoric or demagoguery to say, we need money for at home. we do not need money for around the world. it always gets applause and it is great. but the truth is that the united states needs to be engaged around the world because we are the world power. we are a superpower, and we have interests. foreign aid, although it does other countries good, it also does us good. i worry about -- if you take foreign aid that is less than 1% of the u.s. budget, if he did a survey amongst the population, they think it is 15% and should be cut. if we start cutting foreign aid, cutting security for our diplomats around the world, being penalized and pound foolish, i think as a world power we need to maintain a robust foreign policy and make sure our
i want to make sure that the resources are there to make sure it does not happen again. >> the city is tied up in knots over the so-called fiscal cliff. what are the foreign policy implications? >> one of the things i always find in congress is the minute we have budgetary restrictions -- before we even knew the word cliff with regard to this -- makes great rhetoric or demagoguery to say, we need money for at home. we do not need money for around the world. it always gets applause...
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it is the second set of web and on. -- city of lebanon. sunni muslims car the prevalent population and prevalent rebel group. there's been periodic combat there between sunni gunmen and people who are part of the sect. the resident, a think, 14 or 15 people killed. -- there has been, i think, 14 or 15 people killed. the has been battles up there. it feels like a mirror image of syria right now. host: are u.s. intelligence officials or military leaders talking to these circassian rebel groups? is there a line of communication-- syrian rebel groups? is there a line of communication with these potential leaders? caller: it is a little bit unclear who is a moderate. the range of fighters goes from very conservative islamic to groups that are like al qaeda. it is not clear who exactly the americans are trying to deal with. they want to deal with defectors. there are defectors coming from the secular military. once you're in the country, it feels clear these defectors do not have much power, and the rebels are largely fragmented and respond to l
it is the second set of web and on. -- city of lebanon. sunni muslims car the prevalent population and prevalent rebel group. there's been periodic combat there between sunni gunmen and people who are part of the sect. the resident, a think, 14 or 15 people killed. -- there has been, i think, 14 or 15 people killed. the has been battles up there. it feels like a mirror image of syria right now. host: are u.s. intelligence officials or military leaders talking to these circassian rebel groups?...
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to be a question in this city. in the second obama administration, how much effort should the united states put into advancing an effort that you regard as fruitless and not even relevant to progress in the region? should you ask the president to just forget about it? >> first of all i would like to express my appreciation to the united states, to president obama, and to the secretary of state. they have made incredible efforts to provide for a ceasefire in the gaza strip to achieve some understanding. day are very -- they are very courageous in the un regarding the palestinian issue then ther. it is s and the united states. we do not see any alternative to the united states. at the end of the day, people know in the middle east they have the one reliable alliance. that is israel. it is not only strategic, security, or the un. i think the biggest challenge is not the palestinians. i think we will resolve the problem today with the palestinians. it is first of all the international community's failure and trying to
to be a question in this city. in the second obama administration, how much effort should the united states put into advancing an effort that you regard as fruitless and not even relevant to progress in the region? should you ask the president to just forget about it? >> first of all i would like to express my appreciation to the united states, to president obama, and to the secretary of state. they have made incredible efforts to provide for a ceasefire in the gaza strip to achieve some...
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the city and control the city. this is why they fear from the damascus to be repeated. this is why they are fighting with the presence of the free syrian army. this is why the huge number of casualties being killed every day and all of that area. this is why my expectation that if the international community -- the assad regime in one or two months will collapse. if they allow things, it will take some time. the free syrian army has to be more organized. the number of the casualties will increase day-by-day. unless the international community decides to take action and provide the free syrian army with arms. with the question regarding the opposition, this is a dangerous game from the international community to blame the opposition and put all of the responsibilities on the opposition. 90% of the task into the hands of the international community. at the same time, the opposition has a responsibility to demonstrate to the international community that syria will not fall -- that it will be messy after the fall of th
the city and control the city. this is why they fear from the damascus to be repeated. this is why they are fighting with the presence of the free syrian army. this is why the huge number of casualties being killed every day and all of that area. this is why my expectation that if the international community -- the assad regime in one or two months will collapse. if they allow things, it will take some time. the free syrian army has to be more organized. the number of the casualties will...
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when we try to focus on couple, which does not -- kabul, which is not extent beyond the city limits. what has to come first for us to be on the track to success? >> it to get international security assistance peace right and you have african nations, including uganda and rwanda and participate, that gives you some breathing space to move on. that is the essential thing that first. to happen first brok >> you have to deal with governments, but obviously creating greater security -- >> governments at which level? "you cannot frankly do real governance of the provisional level with governors unless you're dealing with the capital, because of the nature of the congolese government. you start where you are, and you have monusco, with no real effectiveness, try to bring in units or create a new unit within it that has that capacity. if i were forced to make a choice, and i was dealing at the provincial level, the only force out there right now is monus whyco. would try to bring units in the letter actually capable -- monusco. i would try to bring units that are actually capable. i think it
when we try to focus on couple, which does not -- kabul, which is not extent beyond the city limits. what has to come first for us to be on the track to success? >> it to get international security assistance peace right and you have african nations, including uganda and rwanda and participate, that gives you some breathing space to move on. that is the essential thing that first. to happen first brok >> you have to deal with governments, but obviously creating greater security --...
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it is rather interesting that in this city, washington, d.c., most panels about iran are about the nuclear program. there's almost nothing about human rights. this sends a terrible signal to the iranian public. it means that you care about your own security. you care about the implications of the islamic republic becoming a nuclear-armed state but what happens in iran does not really matter to the washington elite. this is the signal washington has been sending to iran and i think this panel and the initiative to make the human rights issues more important sends the right signal to the iranian public, telling them that you do understand that the government which is restricting its own population can also not be trusted when it comes to its international aspirations. imagine how it would be paid to behave. concerning the role about the revolutionary guards, it has inherited the religious state, something that was discussed by the previous panel. when the ayatollah khomeini was making press -- promises to the iranian people and 1960's and 1970's, he promised the people of iraq and not democr
it is rather interesting that in this city, washington, d.c., most panels about iran are about the nuclear program. there's almost nothing about human rights. this sends a terrible signal to the iranian public. it means that you care about your own security. you care about the implications of the islamic republic becoming a nuclear-armed state but what happens in iran does not really matter to the washington elite. this is the signal washington has been sending to iran and i think this panel...
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the rest is inner city enhanced passenger service and a number of other improvements and grants. for the fra representative and administrator, what is the intent of the administration for high speed rail in the future, the next four years? >> well, i think the president's vision is in his budget and it includes additional billions of dollars for high speed rail. and so it is spelled out in his budget which he continues to be quite committed to it and we hope that the congress will follow through on that. >> well, mr. boardman, you started out with i think less than a hundred million and some of the money that came into the northeast corridor came in sort of i guess at the same time we designated the corridor high speed, which i commend you on doing. but secondly, with the return of money from at least florida, wisconsin and ohio. and mr. boardman, you're using that in some -- i don't mean this to be critical but it's sort of a band aid approach because you don't have the money but you're trying to pick project that is would make a major impact in improvements in the speed of that
the rest is inner city enhanced passenger service and a number of other improvements and grants. for the fra representative and administrator, what is the intent of the administration for high speed rail in the future, the next four years? >> well, i think the president's vision is in his budget and it includes additional billions of dollars for high speed rail. and so it is spelled out in his budget which he continues to be quite committed to it and we hope that the congress will follow...
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caller: the people who just died and the cities that they ran are over that. it would be expensive maybe. but look at it in the long run. we have the technology now and we should use it. host: john fund? guest: we lose between 100 and 140 every year to mass shooters. it is horrific. the value of the lives are incalcuable. you want to turn every school into a fortress, you can do that. it is very expensive. there could be other things we could do. maybe we should tighten the mental health laws first. maybe we should examine the gun- free zone law, to allow a principal to have the potential to have a weapon there. if you have a big enough automatic weapon, you can pretty much blast any door you want. host: what is your take on the headlines we are seeing about what happened in newtown, connecticut? guest: the nra realizes that tension is running high and they are the favorite whipping boy. i'm not a gun enthusiast. this is a time for grieving. there are people that want to exploit this issue on one point or the other side. i'm happy there is a rational debate on
caller: the people who just died and the cities that they ran are over that. it would be expensive maybe. but look at it in the long run. we have the technology now and we should use it. host: john fund? guest: we lose between 100 and 140 every year to mass shooters. it is horrific. the value of the lives are incalcuable. you want to turn every school into a fortress, you can do that. it is very expensive. there could be other things we could do. maybe we should tighten the mental health laws...
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the recipes that worked in the late 1990's worked. they don't work now. we have a different set of problems. host: from new york city, democrat blind, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. even if we go over the fiscal cliff, we need a bigger plan because it does not even balance the budget. i don't think we really have a supply-side problem. they talk about cutting taxes on the right and i think there are so many people out of work and i think you need to get these people to work. i just think we have a demand issue, not a supply issue. if you're out of work, you cannot pay taxes. guest: he is exactly right -- no one is talking about a fiscal cliff that will solve the problem. there is no grand bargain being discussed except in the most general outline terms. there is enough to be -- nothing close to being politically acceptable. we're only talking of something of that will allow people to get through this. in the short term, we need to have fiscal policy that may get the deficit higher than what it would be. ben bernanke was saying the deficit
the recipes that worked in the late 1990's worked. they don't work now. we have a different set of problems. host: from new york city, democrat blind, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. even if we go over the fiscal cliff, we need a bigger plan because it does not even balance the budget. i don't think we really have a supply-side problem. they talk about cutting taxes on the right and i think there are so many people out of work and i think you need to get these people to work. i...
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i spent the summer of 2006 in anbar and fallujah. i was in baghdad before and after the surge. i participated in most of the search operations south of baghdad. there was a big fight in sadir city in 2008 that i spent a substantial amount of time in. i feel like i saw it in the beginning, during and after the surge. the most recent trip back was over a year ago it was primarily to interview officials in the government that did give me a lot of their time. host: michael gordon has reported in war zones in afghanistan and panama. he was based in moscow for four years. we will go to ron from ohio on the independent line. caller: mr. gordon, do you feel the united states and the west have a misunderstanding of history as far as the tribal conflicts in that region? was there any attempt to point out to the muslim tribes and nations that we did go into bosnia to defend muslims? guest: i think the caller makes a number of interesting points. i am a journalist. i am not an advocate for the american government. there was criticism that the united states somehow oppressed muslims. if you
i spent the summer of 2006 in anbar and fallujah. i was in baghdad before and after the surge. i participated in most of the search operations south of baghdad. there was a big fight in sadir city in 2008 that i spent a substantial amount of time in. i feel like i saw it in the beginning, during and after the surge. the most recent trip back was over a year ago it was primarily to interview officials in the government that did give me a lot of their time. host: michael gordon has reported in...
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but fired on that town, fired on the residential sections of that city. so the brother was caught coming into the united states, actually was caught up i think near detroit. he's now serving time. there were some 50 other hezbollah operatives who were also discovered here. and when you go through the background of his training in terror, in terms of weapons, and in terms of the capabilities that iranian intelligence gave him, you begin to realize why our intelligence officials are so concerned about iran's attempts to penetrate here. look at iran's attempt last year to to say sass nate the saudi ambassador on u.s. soil, using the mexican drug cartel. that's the latest example of the threat. i've had many ambassadors tell me that they dined in that same restaurant and you saw the commentary, that they were willing to accept their deaths as collateral damage. to the bombing in order to killed saudi ambassador. these are the designs of hezbollah. and this is the problem with iran. many believe that countries close to iran, that iran is courting in this hemis
but fired on that town, fired on the residential sections of that city. so the brother was caught coming into the united states, actually was caught up i think near detroit. he's now serving time. there were some 50 other hezbollah operatives who were also discovered here. and when you go through the background of his training in terror, in terms of weapons, and in terms of the capabilities that iranian intelligence gave him, you begin to realize why our intelligence officials are so concerned...
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can you imagine what would happen if there is a nuclear explosion goes off in a city? everything has to be done to prevent it. the middle east is unfortunately the breeding ground for the terrorist that may do it. as time goes on, they will become more technically capable. when i worked on it in the task force, there were not that many terrorist groups that could even think about building a nuclear weapon. that, unfortunately, is changing. >> overtime is up. after a year of working with you, despite the gravity of the threat, i feel better knowing that american national security is in the hands of such exports. please give them a round of applause. now i will introduce -- he will introduce senator lieberman and senator kyl. please keep your seats. >> good afternoon. i am a long time fdd board member. i have the opportunity to introduce to distinguished leaders, senator joseph lieberman and senator jon kyl. though they came from different parties, on the most important issues they have fought on the same side. indeed, few states and have done more to advance the cause o
can you imagine what would happen if there is a nuclear explosion goes off in a city? everything has to be done to prevent it. the middle east is unfortunately the breeding ground for the terrorist that may do it. as time goes on, they will become more technically capable. when i worked on it in the task force, there were not that many terrorist groups that could even think about building a nuclear weapon. that, unfortunately, is changing. >> overtime is up. after a year of working with...
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as a mayor and representative for the city of cleveland. host: chesapeake, va., independent line. you are the last call. caller: i miss ronald reagan and before that, george washington and thomas jefferson. host: anybody this year? ?aller host: are out of time. thanks to all of you who participated. it takes a lot of people to put this program on the air especially on christmas day and i am referencing the fine staff of "washington journal." it is christmas, you can wave. they are the finest staff making it happen for you on this live program. another lie program comes to you tomorrow at 7:00, merry christmas. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> here is what is coming up this christmas day. next, first lady michelle obama shows children the white house holiday decorations, then george will talks about religion and politics. later, james taylor from a recent appearance at the national press club. >> by the time i was 9 years old, i was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy. when i was 10, i'm a big de
as a mayor and representative for the city of cleveland. host: chesapeake, va., independent line. you are the last call. caller: i miss ronald reagan and before that, george washington and thomas jefferson. host: anybody this year? ?aller host: are out of time. thanks to all of you who participated. it takes a lot of people to put this program on the air especially on christmas day and i am referencing the fine staff of "washington journal." it is christmas, you can wave. they are the...
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your cities. our states, the vibrancy of our country. and we are headed over the fiscal cliff after four years of leadership from this president who is running, running directly to the fiscal cliff. has even said, and secretary of treasury said, we don't mind jumping off this cliff. mr. speaker, we should not be having that kind of attitude. we should have the attitude that we are for everybody. we want to be for american entrepreneurship and especially small business because it's small business, family farms, small business electrical companies, people who put their name on the buildings, creativity. people get up to go to work every day. that's who we are going to hurt. we are not just going to hurt them, we are going to hurt their business families. people who they have had employed, small communities, large communities, but small business which is the engine of our economy. that's really who we are going to punish. lastly, we should not do it at this time just like we should not have two years ago, but i guess we were aiming for an e
your cities. our states, the vibrancy of our country. and we are headed over the fiscal cliff after four years of leadership from this president who is running, running directly to the fiscal cliff. has even said, and secretary of treasury said, we don't mind jumping off this cliff. mr. speaker, we should not be having that kind of attitude. we should have the attitude that we are for everybody. we want to be for american entrepreneurship and especially small business because it's small...
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first time to daniel on his first visit to the two cities where the bomb was dropped the in 1945. you are listening for the first time. what did you see your role as as you were listening to it? >> just to be there to listen to her and to let her speak and to let her do this for the first time. >> for her understanding she was talking to the grandson of the man who made a decision to drop the bomb. did she talk to you about that? >> she did not. a lot the came to speak to us understood -- for her it was the first time. she spoke for the first time because it was me and my family. she thought it was time. a lot of the survivors speak out. those who do tell their stories as a means of education and as a means of reminding coming generations of the horrors of nuclear war so we do not repeat it. for her until this instance, i think it was because this was a different opportunity. that was the catalyst for her coming for the first time. host: the words of clifton truman and daniel. arriving at enter hiroshima. -- arriving at in hiroshima. the decision by his grandfather. we will have m
first time to daniel on his first visit to the two cities where the bomb was dropped the in 1945. you are listening for the first time. what did you see your role as as you were listening to it? >> just to be there to listen to her and to let her speak and to let her do this for the first time. >> for her understanding she was talking to the grandson of the man who made a decision to drop the bomb. did she talk to you about that? >> she did not. a lot the came to speak to us...
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of the eastern neighborhoods and concentrated in the strict downtown area around the city center of damascus. the doing so with the better part of two full divisions. i think it is premature to say that assad is months away on his last legs. i think it will take some time for him, for his forces, because they are controlling so much less territory at this point as they continue to contract and consolidate the forces they have available to them to do so. and this goes into the question of what a post-assad future looks like. one of the ways that the regime has been able to continue to apply military force is not only by employing only the portion of its military that it can trust, which largely meansa units, but also -- aloite strong units. they are acting more like light infantry forces. you see the military units that are starting to act more and more like militias as well. so you see these trends converging. particularly around damascus, there are some 200,000 aloites living in the mountains west of the city. these are the families and the men who fight in the republican guard. th
of the eastern neighborhoods and concentrated in the strict downtown area around the city center of damascus. the doing so with the better part of two full divisions. i think it is premature to say that assad is months away on his last legs. i think it will take some time for him, for his forces, because they are controlling so much less territory at this point as they continue to contract and consolidate the forces they have available to them to do so. and this goes into the question of what a...
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do you ever want to throw the stuff away and go right about city hall or something? writing about the ways that we communicate. is there some danger that is overwhelming? >> she is not at risk for being known for twitter than art. there is a larger danger that we are reading too much into technology. we tend to think that we make newspapers. we don't, we explain the world. we concentrate on the tool to much. we need to see that we have our relationship with the public and that journalism is not a product. we see ourselves as servants. we fill columns with type. from a regulatory perspective, this new thing we had better regulate because it is disrupting. the first serious discussion did not come to the u.s. until 1890. it freaked us out because we had a new technology that change behaviors. we talk about etiquette. we try to deal with trolls, bozos and assholes online. no, it depends on how you use it. i don't want to get rid of it all. it gave me a second childhood. it changed my career and the view of the media and everything else. i recognize that there are choice
do you ever want to throw the stuff away and go right about city hall or something? writing about the ways that we communicate. is there some danger that is overwhelming? >> she is not at risk for being known for twitter than art. there is a larger danger that we are reading too much into technology. we tend to think that we make newspapers. we don't, we explain the world. we concentrate on the tool to much. we need to see that we have our relationship with the public and that journalism...
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he worked for the president and progressive causes and began in 2008 when he performed in five cities in north carolina and. his efforts generated thousands of volunteers and helped win the state for the democrats for the first time since 1976. the last year has been a busy for them on the campaign trail, over 50 radio and television interviews and 40 events, from concerts' and field offices to opening the final night of the democratic national convention. just yesterday, he helped brighten up washington, d.c. by performing at the lighting of the national christmas tree. his music was with us as we celebrated the season, our family and country. i would like to welcome james taylor. [applause] >> thank you, got sick, bill -- for theu , susan, cupcakes. i got a fire when myself. mighty tasty. you know, i titled this thing today election reform because i thought i needed to have a title. i probably know less about election reform then pretty much everybody in the room. i will talk a little bit about it toward the end. really, what i wanted to do it is described a pilgrim's progress throu
he worked for the president and progressive causes and began in 2008 when he performed in five cities in north carolina and. his efforts generated thousands of volunteers and helped win the state for the democrats for the first time since 1976. the last year has been a busy for them on the campaign trail, over 50 radio and television interviews and 40 events, from concerts' and field offices to opening the final night of the democratic national convention. just yesterday, he helped brighten up...
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moving from the 26 largest city to one of the nation's dozen largest cities. when i think of the changes over the past 40 years, i see the fulfillment of then-mayor dick lugar. men and women of sense and decency. not all of us all in that category. sometimes, that sense is questioned.- is such skill is extremely valuable in the united states senate, a body that by its very design is supposed to foster compromise by legislators on issues before the nation. and so, it was a national progression that following his success as mayor, dick lugar's its job would be as united states senator. next job would be as united states senator. he is the type of lawmaker and a leader who works hard to bring both parties together, find common ground. his contributions are many, including his service on the agricultural committee. his most important role in the senate has to be his leadership of the senate foreign relations committee. as a two-time chairman of this committee, he has been one of the most influential minds on foreign policy in the united states. he has worked tirel
moving from the 26 largest city to one of the nation's dozen largest cities. when i think of the changes over the past 40 years, i see the fulfillment of then-mayor dick lugar. men and women of sense and decency. not all of us all in that category. sometimes, that sense is questioned.- is such skill is extremely valuable in the united states senate, a body that by its very design is supposed to foster compromise by legislators on issues before the nation. and so, it was a national progression...
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i heard the mayor of a fairly large city talk about what he had learned as a mayor. he had been a central government official before and he realized once you got there, a central government officials do not understand a lives of ordinary people. and then he had to watch the proceedings and the process of drafting the local administrative procedure regulation and he came to understand the importance of procedural justice. that was one of the first times in 35 or 40 years of going to china that i heard a chinese talk about procedural justice. the term is in the vocabulary. i think local experimentation may have the least helped in the increment the building of the change of legal culture. >> that is supposed to be one of the virtues of one of the american federal systems. the laboratories of the experiment. one problem with having the population of 1.3 billion, it is a large population. one virtue is that you can divided into provinces and you can have real experiments. try this over here and try that over there. that is a tremendous virtue. i read in your book, you ha
i heard the mayor of a fairly large city talk about what he had learned as a mayor. he had been a central government official before and he realized once you got there, a central government officials do not understand a lives of ordinary people. and then he had to watch the proceedings and the process of drafting the local administrative procedure regulation and he came to understand the importance of procedural justice. that was one of the first times in 35 or 40 years of going to china that i...
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also, the number stands inside the steel. >> this weekend, we look behind the scenes at the history of new york's capital city, albany, saturday on "poke t.d.." -- "book tv." >> in a few
also, the number stands inside the steel. >> this weekend, we look behind the scenes at the history of new york's capital city, albany, saturday on "poke t.d.." -- "book tv." >> in a few
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if you look at the big cities, ordinary people are going to get walloped. if you look at the places where that is, those are where you pretty much have solid democratic votes. were you have republican votes, they will not get affected by this. yes, there is a possibility there. host: when your may have heard that interview. the day write -- -- they write -- guest: we have one tax policy no matter where you live and what the cost of living is. that does not work very well there are parts of the country where people make very significant amounts of money relative to $250,000 for the cost of living is very high. these tax increases are going to bite in bite hard. that is unfortunate. suppose we had a classroom where three of the children were much wealthier than the others. the teacher said, we really want to go on one good field trip a month. how about we have a vote as to who pays for the field trip. we will send each of their parents a bill for 10 children. and they vote yes. the teacher said, we had a vote and it was by democracy. that has about as much cr
if you look at the big cities, ordinary people are going to get walloped. if you look at the places where that is, those are where you pretty much have solid democratic votes. were you have republican votes, they will not get affected by this. yes, there is a possibility there. host: when your may have heard that interview. the day write -- -- they write -- guest: we have one tax policy no matter where you live and what the cost of living is. that does not work very well there are parts of the...
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it is one of the worst crime cities in the country. but i never hear anything about it. the only thing i hear is every time a white kid -- it is national, big news. let's talk about all kids. not just the white kids. >> one question to be answered is whether or not anybody can put forth a good reason for having these guns. give me an example of a time when it has come in handy and has worked for the benefit of someone. what are they needed? >> i have a comment about an earlier caller that said she was looking for a good example of why we should have these types of weapons. i'd like to point to the founding of this country. without proper arms, it leaves our people unable to protect themselves from a tyrannical government. that is the purpose of the second amendment. >> assault guns are for the military. what is it that the five-year old lady going to do with an assault weapon? -- what is a 55-year-old lady going to do with an assault weapon? the president never said anything about assault weapons. now this right here, they shoudl -- they need to change. >> prior to 1968,
it is one of the worst crime cities in the country. but i never hear anything about it. the only thing i hear is every time a white kid -- it is national, big news. let's talk about all kids. not just the white kids. >> one question to be answered is whether or not anybody can put forth a good reason for having these guns. give me an example of a time when it has come in handy and has worked for the benefit of someone. what are they needed? >> i have a comment about an earlier...
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host: we will go to the republican line from new york city. caller:hi, i am a physician and worked in the time of son of sam and i treated one of his last victims. the destruction that a sudden killing like this is enormous. i think the mental health screening has to be more pori part of this. the fact that we cannot commit people showing extreme mental illness with several rights laws is a deeper issue than gun control. >host: how should vice president joe biden and the white house address this. mental illness is part of the debate and will be part of the solution. >> i think they really need to look at civil rights laws and be able to intervene more aggressively with mental health professionals when people show a consistent pattern of mental illness. i think you can travel through any city in america and see massive amounts of people who are not capable of taking care of themselves. as a society, we are not humanitarian when we leave them to defend themselves. >host: this argument is not new. it is highlighted in the extensive report in "the
host: we will go to the republican line from new york city. caller:hi, i am a physician and worked in the time of son of sam and i treated one of his last victims. the destruction that a sudden killing like this is enormous. i think the mental health screening has to be more pori part of this. the fact that we cannot commit people showing extreme mental illness with several rights laws is a deeper issue than gun control. >host: how should vice president joe biden and the white house address...
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we'll miss him here in congress, but i know he'll make a mark as mayor in the city of san diego. joe baca has been a strong advocate for california's agricultural industry while in congress. he has worked on behalf of the workers themselves, making sure they received the civil and legal rights they deserved. congresswoman laura richardson has worked hard to keep america safe as a member of the homeland security committee. her constituents are unwavering and she will be missed next year. california is a large state with many needs and priorities, but our delegation is strong. during the time in office, these members have been esteemed colleagues and it's been an honor to work along side of them. their knowledge, passion and commitment to public service will be greatly missed in these halls. and i wish to thank each of them for their service and wish them the best in the next adventure. i yield back. mr. miller: i recognize congresswoman eshoo. ms. eshoo: i want to thank -- did you want to know how much time you had left first? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 29 minutes.
we'll miss him here in congress, but i know he'll make a mark as mayor in the city of san diego. joe baca has been a strong advocate for california's agricultural industry while in congress. he has worked on behalf of the workers themselves, making sure they received the civil and legal rights they deserved. congresswoman laura richardson has worked hard to keep america safe as a member of the homeland security committee. her constituents are unwavering and she will be missed next year....
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[applause] >> now that that the turnpike extends past the city to the airport, any thoughts about revising the song? >> you mean the turnpike no longer ends in boston, it goes all the way to summerset, no. what town is the airport in? >> that's got a ring to it but it doesn't rhyme. that's the thing is the internal rhyme. that song has four rhyming schemes going at once. it's got to be boston unless they take it to austin, texas. [applause] >> i want to thank all of you for joining us this afternoon. this has been absolutely terrific. i want to remind you of our next lunch on december 18, we have leon panetta, i'm sure if you have some advice on how to solve the fiscal cliff, i'm sure hed like to hear that. >> while you are writing your next song, i'd like to present you with your coffee mug. i think that will combo well with your songwriting and -- go well with your songwriting and guitar playing. it might give you some inspiration. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i want to thank the national press club staff including the journalism broadcast center for or
[applause] >> now that that the turnpike extends past the city to the airport, any thoughts about revising the song? >> you mean the turnpike no longer ends in boston, it goes all the way to summerset, no. what town is the airport in? >> that's got a ring to it but it doesn't rhyme. that's the thing is the internal rhyme. that song has four rhyming schemes going at once. it's got to be boston unless they take it to austin, texas. [applause] >> i want to thank all of you...
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and fire, you're worried about the safety of the americans, let's give the cities the resources not to lay off police and fire. i don't want to vote money to hold at risk any actual or potential enemy target anywhere in the world. any potential enemy target anywhere in the world? by the way we're asked to do this ourselves because the next thing we have to do is protect the ground others froms -- ground forces of friends and allies. why can't some of our allies protect their own ground forces? is there something about germany and italy and france and spain and england and japan that renders them genetically incapable of having their own air forces? i know we were told, well, we have to stay in iraq and afghanistan because they don't have any air force. well, neither do the people attacking them. the next thing we are told is, well, we need to protect the u.s. from a nuclear attack. i agree. we have a nuclear capacity that far exceeds any potential combination of enemies. we had during the height of the cold war the triad. we could destroy the soviet union and they had a capacity to
and fire, you're worried about the safety of the americans, let's give the cities the resources not to lay off police and fire. i don't want to vote money to hold at risk any actual or potential enemy target anywhere in the world. any potential enemy target anywhere in the world? by the way we're asked to do this ourselves because the next thing we have to do is protect the ground others froms -- ground forces of friends and allies. why can't some of our allies protect their own ground forces?...
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york's capital city, saturday at noon eastern. >> a report by the group securing america's future energy and with the greatest threat to economic -- says the greatest threat to economic security is dependent on foreign oil. they are suggesting a plan of maximizing oil and gas production and improving conservation, to reduce revenue and decrease our debt. >> good evening. we are nothing without their credibility as the great ceo's and leaders of our time i want to give of thanks to the staff. we stand on their shoulders and the hard work and time they spent with the leadership council, the policies staff to put these events together, our public local staff we did our political staff and the rest. we are seeing more production than we have seen before. the last couple decades of year on year growth. the demand for oil continues to decline based on fuel economy standards and other reasons, yet we continue to have a problem. i think the report we are , its subtitley compan says it all, are missing american resources. how do we leverage the abundance we have in the united states to our maximu
york's capital city, saturday at noon eastern. >> a report by the group securing america's future energy and with the greatest threat to economic -- says the greatest threat to economic security is dependent on foreign oil. they are suggesting a plan of maximizing oil and gas production and improving conservation, to reduce revenue and decrease our debt. >> good evening. we are nothing without their credibility as the great ceo's and leaders of our time i want to give of thanks to...